On Locke's Theory Of Limited Government

John Locke was the first thinkers of Thoughts of Limited Government in modern times,his thoughts had a great influence on the development of modern and contemporary western political and legal theories. The formation of Thoughts of Limited Government had Specific political background, economic background and culture background. English bourgeois revolution , the rapid development of the capitalist economy , Christian dualistic conception of politics , the long western history of freedom, democracy, legal traditions, and the spirit of the sprout in Renaissance humanism had stimulated the bud and development of Limited Government.The Paper collates the content of Thoughts of Limited Government in the way of the limit of government power, the limit of government purpose, the limit of power relation, the limit of power principle, in order to highlight the limit of government.Establishing an active government is vitally important to a country and to it's people. An active governmental system cannot only make the nation prosperous but also make the country keeping a long-term development and stability. China has always pursued historically a political一society structure of" Powerful Government and Weak Society" which is called unlimited government. Since carrying out the policy of reform and opening to the outside world, we are seeking a way to reform our political system and benefit a lot from the practice. Being with perfecting and developing socialism market economy, being with accelerating democracy process, and being with complicated social life, the thoughts of limited government had great theoretical and practical value to establish the idea of limited government with Chinese characteristic.